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THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN FAMILY COLLECTION
TWO IMPERIAL SANXITANG 'DRAGON' INK CAKES
QIANLONG MOULDED FOUR-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
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TWO IMPERIAL SANXITANG 'DRAGON' INK CAKES
QIANLONG MOULDED FOUR-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each ink cake is moulded with two dragons confronted on a three-character inscription, Sanxitang, 'Hall of Three Rarities', below a flaming pearl, while the centre of the reverse is inscribed with a two-character inscription, yumo, 'imperial ink cake', flanked by the Qianlong reign mark to the right and a dedicatory inscription, Chen Peng Yuanrui gong, 'Presented by [your] vassal Peng Yuanrui,' to the left. One is embellished with a gilt ground with decorations picked out in red, blue and green, and the other with decorations in gilt, red and blue.
3 1/2 in. (8.8 cm.) diam.
QIANLONG MOULDED FOUR-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each ink cake is moulded with two dragons confronted on a three-character inscription, Sanxitang, 'Hall of Three Rarities', below a flaming pearl, while the centre of the reverse is inscribed with a two-character inscription, yumo, 'imperial ink cake', flanked by the Qianlong reign mark to the right and a dedicatory inscription, Chen Peng Yuanrui gong, 'Presented by [your] vassal Peng Yuanrui,' to the left. One is embellished with a gilt ground with decorations picked out in red, blue and green, and the other with decorations in gilt, red and blue.
3 1/2 in. (8.8 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Acquired in San Francisco in 1970s and thence by descent within the family
Brought to you by
Sibley Ngai